Cardiff BookTalk is a university book group with a difference. Organized by the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University. https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3lavphye3r22rWe're a bit quiet at the moment and don't have any dates in the diary, but there will be some bits and pieces coming soon [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Nov 2024 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavphye3r22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3lavpagtajc2aQuickie introduction and hello to all our new followers. Cardiff BookTalk is a university book group organized by the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University. This is us having the time of our lives doing Shirley Jackson in a pandemic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjEBb7FlM7w14 Nov 2024 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavpagtajc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kmwuxg3sp22hOn the blog right now we're looking at a short story by Meredith Miller, who will BookTalking with us on 19 March. https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/the-eyes-dont-like-to-be-left-empty-they-rebel/05 Mar 2024 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmwuxg3sp22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kkthoo6i7j24The next BookTalk is on the blog now! Britain’s Internal Borderlands – Meredith Miller in conversation with Kevin Morgan More info and booking: https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/britains-internal-borderlands-meredith-miller-in-conversation-with-kevin-morgan/07 Feb 2024 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkthoo6i7j24https://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kfxpig53cx24Catch up with Monday's BookTalk online! Watch Writing the City with Rachel Dawson and Emma Harding via today's blog cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.07 Dec 2023 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfxpig53cx24https://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kfshgfzmbb2eThanks everyone who came last night to Cardiff University Special Collections for Writing the City with Emma Harding and Rachel Dawson. Special thanks to Literature Wales for their support It’s always amazing to see so many people in the audience engaged with our guests and asking questions05 Dec 2023 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfshgfzmbb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kfg22axoxf2yTodays blog: Rachel Dawson, author of Neon Roses, interviewed for Nation Cymru ‘When I write about the liberatory power of finding your community, I’ve been writing for my friends’ https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/when-i-write-about-the-liberatory-power-of-finding-your-community-ive-been-writing-for-my-friends/30 Nov 2023 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfg22axoxf2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kdlqvc53y52tJoin us on Monday 4 Dec for Writing the City with novelists Emma Harding and Rachel Dawson. We're meeting at Special Collections and Archives in Cardiff University's Arts and Social Studies Library to discuss their books The Berliners and Neon Roses. https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/writing-the-city-rachel-dawson-and-emma-harding-in-conversation/07 Nov 2023 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdlqvc53y52thttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kfdjlmusnw2sToday's blog: ‘Cappuccino for Salerio!’ Emma Harding talks about adapting Shakespeare for radio in this interview with Ronan Hatfull There's less than a week until Emma joins us for Writing the City... https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/11/29/cappuccino-for-salerio-emma-harding-on-adapting-shakespeare-for-radio/29 Nov 2023 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfdjlmusnw2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kdo5mrruj52zHad a fab time yesterday with Rachel Dawson and Emma Harding hatching our schemes for December's BookTalk. It promises to be a really good one and you won't want to miss it [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2023 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdo5mrruj52zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3ke5nop2els2uToday's blog: ‘…hammer blows delivered by an affable feather-light touch’ In which a Rachel Trezise review of Neon Roses via Nation Cymru gives us an unexpected excuse to completely stan Grace Jones https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/hammer-blows-delivered-by-an-affable-feather-light-touch/14 Nov 2023 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke5nop2els2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kdqvmv57ha2jWatch the video of last week's BookTalk about Joseph Zárate's Wars of the Interior on our blog. Joseph Zárate was joined by his translator Annie McDermott and the conversation was guided by novelist Richard Gwyn. https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/video-joseph-zarates-wars-of-the-interior/09 Nov 2023 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdqvmv57ha2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kdo5mrruj52zHad a fab time yesterday with Rachel Dawson and Emma Harding hatching our schemes for December's BookTalk. It promises to be a really good one and you won't want to miss it [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2023 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdo5mrruj52zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kdlqvc53y52tJoin us on Monday 4 Dec for Writing the City with novelists Emma Harding and Rachel Dawson. We're meeting at Special Collections and Archives in Cardiff University's Arts and Social Studies Library to discuss their books The Berliners and Neon Roses. https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/writing-the-city-rachel-dawson-and-emma-harding-in-conversation/07 Nov 2023 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdlqvc53y52thttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kd4k76zchd2aTONIGHT Joseph Zárate and Annie McDermott in conversation with Richard Gwyn See you at 7pm! https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/10/12/wars-of-the-interior-joseph-zarate-in-conversation-with-annie-mcdermott/01 Nov 2023 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd4k76zchd2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kcld6ivjql2aOn today's blog, in advance of next week's BookTalk with Joseph Zárate, this cogent review from The Monthly Booking offers a fine introduction to Wars of the Interior https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/10/25/a-map-is-not-an-innocent-drawing-it-contains-a-political-message/25 Oct 2023 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcld6ivjql2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kbmlio5nsg2eDay 2 on BlueSky and we’ve already passed the psychologically important Doctor Who content in the timeline mark. Good work everybody x13 Oct 2023 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbmlio5nsg2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kbkrpcq4rt2cToday's blog on Joseph Zárate’s Wars of the Interior: ‘This work is an achingly timely clarion call. Wars of the Interior depicts with stark vividness the devastation of the Amazon... equally moving and incisive.' https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/10/12/wars-of-the-interior-joseph-zarate-in-conversation-with-annie-mcdermott/12 Oct 2023 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbkrpcq4rt2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cardiffbooktalk.bsky.social/post/3kbkpw5lnx72u📢ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Autumn BookTalks for your diary We're online with Joseph Zárate for his book Wars of the Interior In December Emma Harding and Rachel Dawson are in conversation about their novels The Berliners and Neon Roses Booking info TBC https://cardiffbooktalk.wordpress.com/2023/10/12/coming-up-joseph-zarate-rachel-dawson-and-emma-harding/12 Oct 2023 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:stxmos722ncgu2pnlltc7pnt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbkpw5lnx72u